The idyllic community of Southport, North Carolina, was left reeling after a shooter opened fire on patrons of the American Fish Company bar in025.

A decorated Marine veteran charged with firing an assault rifle from a boat at a waterfront bar in North Carolina, killing three people and wounding five, appeared subdued in court Monday as prosecutors said they may seek the death penalty.

Prosecutors are weighing the death penalty for a Marine veteran they allege killed three people and wounded eight others in Southport, North Carolina.

Court documents reveal that Edge, 39, was carrying a short-barreled AR rifle, fitted with a suppressor, a folding stock, and a scope, during teh attack.

The man who allegedly conducted a deadly mass shooting in Southport, N.C., was a highly decorated Marine and veteran of the Iraq War. Nigel Edge, who was born Sean DeBevoise before changing his name in 2023,

Edge was born Sean William Debevoise. He later legally changed his name in 2023. In his name change petition to the court, he wrote: "There have been a lot of events in my life that I don't understand. Therefore, I do not trust my family, and I would feel more comfortable starting my life in a new path with a new name."

Nigel Max Edge was charged for the shooting at a North Carolina waterfront bar on Saturday, which claimed the lives of three people.

Nigel Edge, the suspected gunman in a mass shooting that killed three at a North Carolina bar, was caught on video outside the same bar the night before the attack